sulfuriferous

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adjective

Containing or yielding sulfur.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivesulfuriferous (comparative more sulfuriferous, superlative most sulfuriferous)

comparative more sulfuriferous · superlative most sulfuriferous

  1. Containing or yielding sulfur.

Origin

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. Englishsulfuriferous

From sulfur + -i- + -ferous.

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APA

sulfuriferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfuriferous

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“sulfuriferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfuriferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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